Working to Increase Diversity among Art Museum Staff

November 25, 2015 - A report and interview from Houston Public Media.

In July 2015, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation released a report on diversity among art museum staff. Houston Public Media aired a radio segment describing the study as well as efforts underway to diversify museum staff. Foundation Vice President Mariët Westermann is interviewed for this story, as is Rice University undergraduate Jennifer Cernada, a participant in the Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Grants in this Story

Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program

Museum Associates
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Awarded $2,073,000 in June 2013
to support a pilot program of undergraduate curatorial fellowships aimed at diversifying curatorial cohorts in American art museums, for use by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art